Engineering

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Engineering field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Engineering majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Engineering majors need more than the average amount of Management of Financial Resources, Management of Material Resources, Technology Design, Quality Control Analysis, Mathematics, Troubleshooting, Programming, Management of Personnel Resources, Science, Negotiation, Complex Problem Solving, Time Management, Coordination, Operation Monitoring, Judgment and Decision Making, Systems Analysis, Instructing, Operations Analysis, Active Learning, Monitoring, Writing, Persuasion, Reading Comprehension, Systems Evaluation, Critical Thinking, Learning Strategies, Speaking, Service Orientation, Social Perceptiveness, Active Listening, Operation and Control, Installation, Equipment Maintenance, Equipment Selection, and Repairing.

These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Engineering majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Management of Financial Resources is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Complex Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, Writing, Judgment and Decision Making, Active Listening, Speaking, Mathematics, Active Learning, Monitoring, Time Management, Coordination, Social Perceptiveness, Instructing, Systems Analysis, Management of Personnel Resources, Negotiation, Persuasion, Systems Evaluation, Learning Strategies, Service Orientation, Quality Control Analysis, Science, Management of Financial Resources, Management of Material Resources, Operation Monitoring, Operations Analysis, Troubleshooting, Technology Design, Programming, Operation and Control, Equipment Selection, Equipment Maintenance, Repairing, and Installation are the three most important skills for people in the field.